Charter, By-Laws, 



LIST OF OFFICERS, 



MEMBERS, Etc., 



Wyomio^f Historical aed Geolop-al Sodety, 




WILKES-13ARRK, PA. 
1899. 



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Charter, By-Laws, 



LIST OF OFFICERS, 



MEMBERS, Etc., 



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Wyomioj Historical aod Geological Socieij, 




WILKES-BARRE, PA. 
1899. 



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Publist:?lr}($ (Committee, 
1899. 

Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden. 
William REYN(3r-Ds Ricketts. 
Miss Hannah Packard [ames. 



CHARTER. 



To the Honorable the Judges of the Coiwt of Common Pleas of 
Luze7'ne County : 

The petition of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society 
respectfully represents : That they are an association duly in- 
corporated under the laws of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 
by the decree of this Court duly made on the loth day of May, 
A. I). 1858, for literary and scientific purposes, such as are 
embraced within corporations of the first class specified in sec- 
tion second of an act of the General Assembly of this common- 
wealth entitled "An Act to provide for the incorporation and 
regulation of certain corporations," approved on the 29th day 
of April, A. U. 1874. That in pursuance of the provisions of 
the said act of the General Assembly, they are desirous of im- 
proving, amending and altering the articles and conditions of 
their charter so as to come under the provisions of and have the 
powers and immunities of the said act of General Assembly and 
its supplements, the same as though they were originally incor- 
porated thereunder, and to abohsh, abandon, and be forever 
released from all and singular the articles and conditions of their 
present charter which in any manner do or may conflict or in- 
terfere with the same, or with the certificate and provisions here- 
inafter set forth ; and at a meeting of said corporation, duly 
convened, the following improvements, amendments and alter- 
ations of the said charter were duly adopted : 

The first section or article of said old charter shall be left as 
it now stands, so as to read as follows, to-wit : 

I. The name of this corporation shall be the Wyoming His- 
torical and Geological Society. 

The second section or article of said old charter shall be 
amended and altered so as to read as follows, to-wit : 

H. The purposes for which it is chartered are literary, scien- 
tific and historical, for the collection and maintenance of a 
library and museum, and especially for the collection and pres- 
ervation of relics and records connected with, and calculated to 
elucidate, the history of Wyoming Valley and its vicinity. 

And to strike out and annul all the other sections of said old 
charter, and amend and alter the same so as to read as follows, 
to-wit : 



6 CHARTER. 

III. The place where the business of said association is to be 
transacted is Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. 

IV. The term for which it is to exist is perpetual. 

V. The corporation has no capital stock. The membership 
thereof shall be composed of the present members, and of such 
other persons as may, from time to time, be admitted by vote, 
in such manner and upon such requirements as may be pre- 
scribed by the by-laws. The said corporation shall nevertheless 
have power to exclude, expel or suspend members for such just 
and legal causes, and in such legal manner as may be ordained 
and directed by the by-laws. 

VI. The oversight and management of the said corporation 
shall be vested in a board of five Trustees, and such officers of 
the corporation as may, under the by-laws, be Trustees ex-officio. 
The said five Trustees shall be elected annually by members of 
the corporation on such day and at such place as may be fixed 
by the by-laws. The said Trustees shall hold their offices until 
the next annual election, and until their successors are legally 
elected, subject, nevertheless, to the power of amotion of any 
Trustee from the said office by the said corporation for legal 
cause and upon such proper and legal notice and hearing as may 
be provided by the by-laws. The names and residences of those 
chosen Trustees, who shall hold office until the next annual 
election of Trustees, and until their successors are legally elected, 
are : 

Charles F. Ingham, M. D., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 
Edward P. Darling, Esq., " " '' 

Ralph D. Lacoe, Esq., Pittston, Pa. 
Sheldon Reynolds, Esq., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 
Harrison Wright, Esq., " " " 

This corporation shall be subject to the provisions of, and 
have all the powers, immunities and privileges granted, or in- 
tended to be granted, to corporations of the first class, by the 
above recited act of Assembly, approved 29th of April, A. D. 
1874, and its supplements. 

VII. The by-laws of this corporation shall be deemed and 
taken to be its laws, subordinate to the statute aforesaid, this 
charter, the constitution and laws of the United States, and of 
the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. They shall be altered and 
amended as provided for by one of the by-laws themselves, and 
shall prescribe the powers and functions of the Trustees herein, 
and those to be hereafter elected ; the times and place of meet- 
ing of the Trustees and of the members of this coporation for 



CHARTER. 7 

the various purposes and needs of this corportion ; the number 
of members who shall constitute a quorum at the meeting of the 
members of this corporation and of the Trustees ; the ([ualifica- 
tions and manner of electing members ; the manner of electing 
officers, and the powers and duties of such officials and all other 
the concerns and internal management of said corporation. 

VIII. These amendments shall be deemed and taken to be 
subject to and under the present constitution of the common- 
wealth of Pennsylvania, and the act of General Assembly afore- 
said, and its supplements, their purpose and object being to 
come within the provisions of and to possess the powers and 
immunities of the same. 

IX. All articles and provisions of the said constitution, granted 
May loth, A. D. 1858, which in anywise interfere with the fore- 
going provisions, are hereby annulled, superseded by and merged 
into this amended charter. 

The foregoing report of the committee, in form of petition to 
the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of 
Luzerne county, passed third reading at the meeting of the 
Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, held December ist. , 
A. D. 1882, was voted upon by sections and unanimously 
adopted, and committee (consisting of Edward P. Darling, J. 
W. HoUenback and W. P. Ryman) continued with request to 
press to confirmation by the court. 

Certified from the records of the society. 

Harrison Wright, Rec. Sec' y, 
Wyoming Historical and Geological Society. 



Luzerne county, ss : 

In the Common Pleas, No. 158, January term, 1883. In 
the matter of the amendment of the charter of the Wyoming 
Historical and Geological Society : 

And now, the nth day of December, A. D. 1882, the fore- 
going amendment and alterations of the charter of the Wyo- 
ming Historical and (rcological Society having been duly pre- 
sented to this Court, in order that the same might be deemed 
and taken to be part of the charter of said corporation, and it 
appearing that such amendments and alterations are lawful and 
beneficial, and do not conflict with the requirements of the act 
of the General Assembly of this commonwealth, entitled ''An 




6 CHARTER. 

Act to provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain 
corporations," approved the 29th day of April, 1874, nor with 
the constitution of this State, it is hereby ordered and decreed 
that notice thereof shall be given by publication in accordance 
with the statute in such case made and provided. 

By the Court. 

And now, this 15th day of January, A. D. 1883, the within 
amendments, alterations and improvements having been pre- 
sented to this Court, accompanied by due proof of pubKcation 
of notice thereof, and no cause having been shown to the con- 
trary, it is, on motion of W. P. Ryman, Esq., ordered and de- 
creed that upon the recording of the same the said amendments, 
alterations and improvements as within set forth, shall be deem- 
ed and taken to be the charter of the said corporation. 

By the Court. Charles E. Rice, 

Preside7it Judge. 

State of Pennsylvania, 
County of Luzerne, 

Recorded in the office for recording deeds, etc. , in and for 
said county, in Charter Book No. i, page 527, etc. 

Witness my hand and official seal, at Wilkes-Barre, this 15th 
day of January, 1882. 

C. J. VOLKENAND, 

SEAL. [> Reco7'der. 

per H. W. Heidenreich, 

Deputy. 



BY-LAWS. 



MEMBERSHIP. 

1. The membership shall consist of four classes : Resident, 
Corresponding, Honorary and Life. 

2. The election of members shall be by ballot, and three- 
fourths of all ballots shall be necessary to elect. The names of 
candidates for membership, together with the names of the 
members by whom they are proposed, shall be read at a meet- 
ing of the society, and shall not be balloted for until the next 
succeeding stated meeting. Candidates for resident member- 
ship shall make application in writing. 

Amended as follows : All names proposed for membership 
shall be referred to the Board of Trustees as a committee on 
membership, and upon the affirmative recommendation of a 
majority of such committee shall be voted upon at any meeting 
of the Society. 

3. Any person not residing within the original limits of the 
county of Luzerne may be elected a corresponding member. 
A resident member upon removing from the county may become 
a corresponding member, on giving notice of his removal and 
paying all arrears ; a corresponding member cannot continue 
such after returning to the county for permanent residence, but 
may become a resident member. 

4. Any person of recognized attainments in science or belles- 
lettres shall be ehgible to honorary membership. 

5. No member who shall be in arrears for two years shall be 
entitled to vote or be ehgible to any office ; and any failure to 
pay annual dues for two consecutive years, after due notice from 
the Treasurer, shall be considered a forfeiture of membership ; 
and no person whose name shall be expunged from the rolls of 
the society under the provisions of this clause shall be reinstated 
without the payment of his arrears, and then only at a regular 
meeting, by a majority vote of the members present. 

6. The fiscal year of the Society shall begin January first. 
Resident members shall pay, upon admission, the sum of five 
dollars, and after the next succeeding annual meeting the sum 
of five dollars each year, excepting that persons elected after 
October ist in any year shall be exempt from payment of dues 
for that year. The payment of one hundred dollars at one time 
by a member not in arrears shall constitute him a hfe-member, 
with an exemption from all future payments. 



10 BY-LAWS. 

All moneys received on account of life-memberships shall be 
securely invested by the Trustees in the name of the Society, 
and shall form a fund to be called the Life-Membership Fund, 
the interest only of which shall be available for the uses of the 
society. The fund called the Harrison Wright Fund, and any 
other such special fund shall be hkewise invested and the in- 
terest used. The Trustees shall pay to the Treasurer annually 
the accrued interest of said funds, or add the same to the funds 
as they deem for the best interests of the Society. Correspond- 
ing and honorary members shall not be required to pay an en- 
trance fee or annual dues. 

7. Resignation of membership shall be made in writing ad- 
dressed to the President of the Society. 

OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES. 

8. The officers of the Society shall be a President, a board of 
five Trustees, four Vice Presidents, a Recording Secretary, a 
Corresponding Secretary, a Treasurer, a Librarian, an Assistant 
Librarian, four Curators, a Meteorologist, and a Historiographer. 
The officers shall be elected at the annual meeting, and hold 
office for one year, and until their successors are elected. 

9. The President, or in his absence, the highest officer pre- 
sent, shall preside at all meetings of the Society, and regulate 
the order thereof, and when required give the casting vote. 
The President shall be ex-officio Chairman of the board of Trus- 
tees. 

10. The Recording Secretary shall keep full minutes of all 
meetings, and have the same transcribed into a book of record. 
He shall have custody of the by-laws, records, and all papers 
appertaining to his office. He shall give notice of the time and 
place of all meetings. 

11. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct all the corre- 
spondence, and preserve on file all communications addressed to 
the Society. He shall keep a letter-press, or other fair copy of 
all letters written by him, and read at each meeting such part of 
the correspondence as the President may direct. He shall 
notify officers and members of their election, and communicate 
all special votes to parties interested therein, and acknowledge 
all gifts to the several departments. 

12. The Treasurer shall collect the annual dues of the mem- 
bers, and other income of the Society, and deposit the money 
in one of the Wilkes-Barre banks to the credit of the Society, 
subject to the check of the Treasurer. He shall ])ay underprop- 



Bv-LAws. n 

er vouchers all the ordinary expenses of the Society ; and shall, 
at the annual meeting, present a statement of the receipts and 
expenditures during the year, together with a full report of the 
financial condition of the Society. He shall give a bond for the 
faithful performance of his duties in a sum to be fixed by the 
Trustees, and by them held as security. 

13. The Librarian shall preserve and arrange in proper order 
all books, pamphlets, documents, manuscripts and other papers 
of the Society, and keep a catalogue of the same, numbering 
them with the proper numbers of both the general and special 
catalogues. He shall keep a record of all gifts and bequests to 
this department, with the date and name of the donor. 

14. There shall be one Curator for each of the following de- 
partments : Archaeology and History; Numismatics; Geology 
and Mineralogy ; and Paleontology. Each Curator shall have 
the charge and management of the special department assigned 
to his care, and shall arrange, classify and catalogue the same 
in such manner as shall be approved by the Cabinet Committee. 
He shall keep a record of all gifts to his department, together 
with the date and name of donor. 

15. The Trustees shall have entire charge of the business 
management of the affairs of the Society. They shall examine 
and audit the accounts of the Treasurer, and authorize and 
direct the investment of the surplus funds. They shall make 
such appropriations from the funds for the Hbrary, cabinets and 
other purposes as in their judgment shall seem necessary. They 
shall have the power to remit the dues of members in cases when 
circumstances render it proper. 

16. The President, Librarian and the four Curators shall con- 
stitute a Cabinet Committee who shall have supervisory care of 
the library and collections. They shall direct the manner of 
expenditure of the moneys appropriated by the Trustees for the 
maintenance and increase of the hbrary and cabinets, and pro- 
vide suitable cases, fixtures and supplies, and have authority to 
make exchanges. They shall make a detailed report at the an- 
nual meeting showing the condition of the departments under 
their care. . 

17. A Pubhshing Committee shall be appointed by the Presi- 
dent, consisting of three members, to hold office one year, who 
shall prepare for publication and superintend the printing and 
distribution to members of all papers and documents which by 
the Society are ordered to be printed. The publications not 
distributed to members or exchanged with kindred societies 



1 2 BY-LAWS. 

shall be sold by the Trustees and the proceeds added to the 
Harrison Wright Fund and such other funds as they think best. 

1 8. The Meteorologist shall keep a record of the temperature, 
barometric pressure, direction and velocity of winds, degree of 
cloudiness, and amount of rainfall by daily observations, and as 
nearly as practicable at the hours adopted by the U. S. Signal 
Service department, and submit reports thereof at each stated 
meeting. 

19. The Historiographer shall collate and keep a record of 
such current events of local or public interest as he may deem 
worthy of preservation ; and prepare notices of members de- 
ceased during his term of office. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

20. The annual meeting shall be held on the eleventh day of 
February, at eleven o'clock a. m. ; in case, however, the same 
falls on Sunday, the meeting shall be held on the preceding 
Saturday. Stated meetings thereafter shall be held on the 
second Friday of May, September and December, at eight 
o'clock in the evening, at the hall of the Society. The Presi- 
dent may call special meetings whenever he shall deem it neces- 
sary. Seven members shall constitute a quorum at any meeting. 

21. The Trustees shall hold regular meetings four times each 
year, to-wit : on the Monday evenings preceding the stated 
meetings of the Society; also adjourned and special meetings as 
may be necessary. A majority of the Trustees shall be a quo- 
rum. 

22. All reports of committees must be in writing and ad- 
dressed to the President, and shall be recorded by the Record- 
ing Secretary. 

23. All books, pamphlets and manuscripts shall be regularly 
numbered and marked with the name ' ' Wyoming Historical 
and Geological Society," and bear the proper numbers of the 
general and special catalogues. 

24. All gifts to the Hbrary or cabinet shall, when practicable, 
have the name of the donor attached thereto. 

25. No article belonging to the Society shall be taken from 
the rooms without permission of the Cabinet Committee. 

26. No person shall have the right to use any manuscript of 
the Society in the preparation of any paper or essay unless such 
paper or essay shall be read before the Society and become its 
property. 

27. The Society shall select, at the annual meeting, one of 



BY-LAWS. 13 

the members to deliver an address at the succeeding annual 
meeting. 

28. If any member shall violate the laws and regulations of 
the Society with intent to injure its interests, written charges 
may be preferred against such member at any meeting, and, 
after reasonable notice and hearing, the Society may, at the 
next stated meeting, by a three-fourths affirmative vote of all 
members present, fine, suspend or expel the offending member. 

29. The by-laws may be amended at a stated meeting by a 
vote of two-thirds of the members present ; provided the pro- 
posed amendments shall have been read at the stated meeting 
next preceding, 

30. Gushing' s Manual shall be deemed and taken as part of 
the law of this Society, subject, however, to its charter and by- 
laws. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS AT ALL MEETINGS OTHER THAN 
ANNUAL MEETINGS. 

I. The Recording Secretary shall enter on the minutes the 

names of members present. 
II. Minutes of last stated, and of any subsequent special, 
meeting read for correction and approval. 

III. Acknowledgment of contributions. 

IV. Reading of correspondence. 
V. Nominations for membership. 

VI. Balloting for candidates for membership. 
VII. Reports of officers and committees. 
VIII. Deferred business. 
IX. New business. 
X. Addresses. 
XI. Adjournment. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS AT ANNUAL MEETINGS. 

I. Meeting opened with prayer. 
II. Recording names of members present. 

III. Reading of minutes of last stated and all subsequent 

meetings. 

IV. Election of officers for ensuing year. 
V. Reports of officers and committees. 

VI. Notices of death of members read. [dates. 

VII. Nominations for membership, and balloting for candi- 
VIII. Resolutions and miscellaneous business. 
IX. Addresses. 
X. Adjournment. 



OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1899. 



PRESIDENT, 

Hon. STANLEY WOODWARD. 

VICE PRESIDENTS, 

Rev. henry LAWRENCE JONES, S. T. D., 

CALVIN PARSONS, 

Col. GEORGE MURRAY REYNOLDS, 

Rev. FRANCIS BLANCHARD HODGE, D. D. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, 
Rev. HORACE EDWIN HAYDEN. 

RECORDING SECRETARY, 

SIDNEY ROBY MINER. 

TREASURER, 

FREDERICK CRISMAN JOHNSON, M. D. 

LIBRARIAN, 

Hon. JACOB RIDGWAY WRIGHT. 

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN, 

Rev. HORACE EDWIN HAYDEN. 

TRUSTEES, 

Hon. CHARLES ABBOTT MINER, EDWARD WELLES, 

SAMUEL LeROI BROWN, RICHARD SHARPE, 

ANDREW FINE DERR. 

CURATORS, 

Paleontology— RALPH D. LACOE. 

Mineralogy— WILLIAM REYNOLDS RICKETTS. 

Archaeology— Hon. JACOB RIDGWAY WRIGHT. 

Numismatics— Rev. HORACE EDWIN HAYDEN. 

HISTORIOGRAPHER, 

WESLEY ELLSWORTH WOODRUFF. 

METEOROLOGIST, 

Rev. FRANCIS BLANCHARD HODGE, D. D. 

PUBLICATION COMMITTEE, 

Rev. HORACE EDWIN HAYDEN, 
WILLIAM REYNOLDS RICKETTS, 
MISS HANNAH PACKARD JAMES. 



ELECTIVE OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. 

1858 to 1899. 



PRESIDENTS. 



James Plater Dennis, Chairman, , . . 

. February ii to March ii, 1858. 
Hon. Edmund Lovell Dana, 1858-60. 
Gen. \Vm. Sterling Ross, . . . 1861, 
Charles F. Ingham, M. D., . i862-'63. 
Welding Fell Dennis, M. D., i864-'65. 
Volney Lee Maxwell, . . . 1866-67. 

Martin Coryell, 1868. 

Hon. John Nesbitt Conyngham, LL. D., 

1869. 

Hon. Hendrick Bradley Wright, . . 

1870-72. 

Calvin Wadhams, 1873. 



James Plater Dennis, i 

Payne Pettebone, i 

Andrew Todd McClintock,LL.D.,i 

Calvin Parsons, 1877- 

John Welles Hollenback, . . 1879- 
Hon. Charles Abbot Miner, . . i 
Charles F. Ingham, M. D., . 1882- 
Hon. Edmund Lovell Dana, 1884- 
Andrew Todd McClintock, LL. D 



Calvin Parsons, .... 
Sheldon Reynolds, . . . 
Hon. Stanley Woodward, 



874 

875 
876 
-'78 
-'80 
881 

-'83 
-,88 

•> • 
-'91 

-'93 



1895-99 



VICE PRESIDENTS. 
Charles F. Ingham, M. D., i858-'59. 



Andrew Todd McClintock, LL.D., i860. 
Hon. Hendrick Bradley Wright, " 
George Matthias Hollenback, . " 
Charles Denison Shoemaker, . . " 

Charles F. Ingham, M. D., . . . 1861. 
William Wallace Loomis, ... " 
George Matthias Hollenback, . " 
Edward Rodman Mayer, M. D., *• 

Volney Lee Maxwell, . . . 1862-63. 

Payne Pettebone, " 

Charles Morgan, " 

David Richardson Randall, . , " 

Andrew Todd McClintock JX.D., 1864. 

Payne Pettebone, " 

Rev. George David Miles, ... '* 
Rev. Alexander A. Hodge, I). D., " 



Andrew Todd McClintock,LL.D. 

Payne Pettebone, 

Rev, George David Miles, . . , 
Volney Lee Maxwell, .... 



[865. 



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Hon. Hendrick Bradley Wright, 1866- 

Payne Pettebone, ' 

Col. Charles Dorrance, .... ' 
Hon. John Nesbitt Conyngham, LL. D. 

Payne Pettebone, 1868. 

Augustus C. Laning, " 

John Milton Courtright, .... " 
Stiles Williams «« 



Andrew Todd McClintock, LL.D. 
Thomas Ferrier Atherton, . . . 

Payne Pettebone, 

Hon. Hendrick Bradley Wright, 



;S69. 



OFFICERS. 



Payne Pettebone, i870-'72. 

Calvin Parsons, " 

Andrew Todd McClintock, LL. D., " 
Douglass Smith, " 

Payne Pettebone, ^^73- 

James Plater Dennis, " 

Andrew Todd McClintock, LL. D., " 
Calvin Parsons, " 

Payne Pettebone, i874- 

Hon. Ziba Bennet, " 

Andrew Todd McClintock, LL. D., '« 
Calvin Parsons, " 

John Welles Hollenback, . . . 1875. 
James Plater Dennis, ... . " 
Andrew Todd McClintock, LL. D., " 
Calvin Parsons, " 



Calvin Parsons, 

Hon. Ziba Bennett, 

John Welles Hollenback, . . . 
W^illiam H. Sturdevant, . . , . 



[876. 



Hon. Charles Abbott Miner, 
Hon. Ziba Bennett, . . . 
John Welles Hollenback, . 
William PL Sturdevant, . . 



i877-'78. 



Edward Rodman Mayer, M. D., 1881. 

Joseph A. Murphy, M. D., . . " 

Col. Charles Dorrance, .... " 

William Lord Conyngham, . , " 

Edward Rodman Mayer, M.D.,i882-'83 
Rev. Henry Lawrence Jones, . " 

Calvin Parsons, " 

Lewis Compton Paine, . . . . '* 

Charles F. Ingham, M. D., , i884-'89. 
Rev. Henry Lawrence Jones, . " 

Calvin Parsons, " 

Hon. Eckley Brinton Coxe, . . " 

Rev. Henry Lawrence Jones, i890-'9i. 
Hon. Lazarus Denison Shoemaker, " 

Calvin Parsons, " 

Hon. Eckley Brinton Coxe, . . " 

Rev. Henry Lawrence Jones, 1892-93. 
Hon. Eckley Brinton Coxe, . . *' 
Hon. Lazarus Denison Shoemaker, " 
Ferdinand Vandivere Rockafellow, " 



Rev. Henry Lawrence Jones, 

Calvin Parsons, 

Hon. Eckley Brinton Coxe, 
Hon, Stanley Woodward, . 



William H. Sturdevant, . . 1879 
Hon. Charles Abbott Miner, . . 
Edward Rodman Mayer, M. D,, 
Joseph A. Murphy, M. D., . . . 



'80. 



Rev. Henry L. Jones, S. T. D 
Hon. Eckley Brinton Coxe 

Calvin Parsons, 

Col. George Murray Reynolds, 

Rev. Henry L.Jones, S.T.D., i896-'99. 

Calvin Parsons, « 

Col. George Murray Reynolds, " 

Rev. Francis Blanchard Hodge, D. D., ... " 



1894. 



1895. 



CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES. 



William Penn Miner, 1858. 

Welding Fell Dennis, . . . i86o-'62. 
Hon. Edmund Lovell Dana, .... 
. 1862-63; i876-'79; i88i-'83. 
James Plater Dennis, . . . i864-'65. 



Martin Coryell, . i866-'68; 1870-75, 

Calvin Wadhams, 1869, 

Douglass Smith, 1880 

Sheldon Reynolds, .... 1884-94 
Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, i894-'99 



OFFICERS. 



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RECORDING SECRETARIES. 



George Hollenback BuLler, . i858-'59. 

B. A. Barnes, i86o-'6i. 

Calvin Wadhams, 1862-65; iSyo-'yi. 
Latham W. Jones, .... 1 866-' 69. 

Sidney Roby Miner, 



Harrison Wright, Ph. D., . . i872-'85. 

Jacob Ridgway Wright, . . i885-'86. 

Simon Cameron Slruthers, . i887-'90. 

Joseph David Coons, . . . i89i-'93. 
. . . . i894-'99. 



TREASURERS. 



John Butler Conyngham, . . i858-'6i 

Calvin Wadhams, i862-'67 

David Chase Harrington, . . . 1868 

Latham W. Jones, 1869 

Martin Coryell, i870-'74 

Douglass Smith, i875-'79 



Sheldon Reynolds, .... i88o-'82. 
Andrew Fine Derr, . . . i883-'85. 
Andrew Hamilton McClintock, . . . 

i886-'95. 

Frederick Crisman Johnson, ]\L D., . . 

i896-'99. 



LIBRARIANS. 

Welding Fell Dennis, M. D., .... James Plater Dennis, . . .1877-81. 

1858-59; 1862-63. Samuel French Wadhams, . . . 1882. 

Charles F. Ingham, M. D., Andrew Hamilton McClintock, . . . 

i86o-'6i ; i864-'67 ; i869-'73. i883-'85. 

Frederick Crisman Johnson, M. D., . . Sheldon Reynolds, 1886. 

i874-'76. Hon. Jacob Ridgway Wright, 1887-99. 



ASSISTANT LIBRARIANS. 

Frederick Crisman Johnson, M. D., . . George Mortimer Lewis, 

i879-'8o; 1890-93. I 

Samuel French Wadhams, .1881-82. Sheldon Reynolds, 

Harry Deitrick, 1894. 

Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, i895-'99. 



'85; i887-'89. 
.... 1886. 



Charles F. Ingham, M. D., 
Ralph D. Lacoe, .... 
Edwin Payson Darling, . 
Sheldon Reynolds, . . . 
Harrison Wright, Ph. D., 



TRUSTEES. 



[884- 



85 . Charles F. Ingham, M. D., 
' Ralph D. Lacoe, , . 

Edwin Payson Darling, . . 

Sheldon Reynolds, . . . . 

Edward Welles, . . . . , 



[886. 



OFFICERS. 



Charles F. Ingham, M. D., . 

Ralph D. Lacoe, 

Edwin Payson Darling, . . 

Edward Welles, 

Hon. Charles Abbott Miner, 



:887- 



Charles F. Ingham, M. D., . 
Samuel LeRoi Brown, . , 
Edwin Payson Darling, . . 

Edward Welles, 

Hon. Charles Abbott Miner, 



Hon. Charles Abbott Miner 
Samuel LeRoi Brown, . 
Edward Welles, .... 
Lewis H. Taylor, M. D., 
Henry Harrison Harvey, 

Hon. Charles Abbott Miner, 
Edward Welles, ... 
Samuel LeRoi Brown, 
Henry Harrison Harvey, 
Richard Sharpe, . . . 



Hon. Charles Abbott Miner, 1897- 

Edward Welles, 

Samuel LeRoi Brown, .... 

Richard Sharpe, 

Andrew Fine Derr, 



99. 



890-93 



894- 



96. 



CURATORS. 



Paleontology — Ralph D. Lacoe, i884-'99. 

Conchology — Charles F. Ingham, M. D., i884-'90; Irving A. Stearns, i89i-'97 ; 

William Reynolds Ricketts, 1898. 
Mineralogy — Harrison Wright, Ph. D., i884-'85 ; Charles F. Ingham, M. D., 

1886-90; Irving A. Stearns, 1890-97; William Reynolds Ricketts, 1898-99. 
Archaeology and History — Sheldon Reynolds, i884-'95 '■> Jacob Ridgway Wright, 

i896-'99. 
Numismatics — Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, 1884-99. 
Meteorologist — Gen. Edmund Lovell Dana, i884-'90; Rev. Francis B. Hodge, 

D. D., i890-'99. 
Historiographer — George Brubaker Kulp, i884-'97 ; Wesley Ellsworth Woodruff, 

i897-'99. 



STATISTICS OF MEMBERS, 1899. 

Honorary, 37; living, II. 

Corresponding, 126; " 82. 

Life, 73; " 66. 

Resident, 336 ; " 220. 



ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP. 



ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP. 

* Denotes that niember is deceased. 



HONORARY. 



*Prof. Alexander D. Bache. 

*Prof. James C. Booth. 

*Rt. Rev. Samuel Bowman, D. D. 

Hon Charles R. Buckalew. 

*Hon. Simon Cameron, 

*Chief Engineer John B. Carpenter, 

U. S. N. 
*Hon. Charles S. Coxe. 
*Lyman C. Draper, LL. D. 
William H. Egle, M. D. 
Mrs. A. J. Griffith. 
Dr. Samuel A. Greene, M. H. S. 
*Prof. Arnold Guyot. 
Rev. Samuel Hart, D. D. 
Charles J. Hoadly, LL. D. 
^Charles Ingham. 
*Hon. William Jessup. 
Rev. Henry H. Jessup, D. D. 
*John Jordan, Jr. 
*Hon. Joel Jones. 



^Prof. Isaac Lea, LL. D. 

*Prof. Joseph Leidy, M. D. 

*Prof. Leo Lesquereux. 

Rt. Rev. J. M. Levering, D. D. 

*Hon. John Blair Linn. 

*Rev. Rueben Lowrie. 

■^Hon. Garrick Mallery. 

^Lieut. M. F. Maury, U. S. N. 

*Hon. Stewart Pearce. 

*Hon. Octavius Pickering. 

*Rt. Rev. Nathan Sommerville Rulison, 

D. D. 
Prof. G. C. Swallow, LL. D. 
Charles J. Stille, LL. D. 
*William S. Vaux. 
*Hon. C. L. Ward. 
Ethelbert Warfield, LL. D. 
*Hon. George W. Woodward. 
*J. J. Wright, M. D. 



CORRESPONDING. 



Hon. F. G. Adams. 

*Charles A. Ashburner. 

*Eugene B. Ayers. 

*Theron Barnum. 

E. M. Barton. 

*Rear Admiral J. C. Beaumont, U. S. N. 

T. V. Braidwood. 

Capt. Henry Hobart Bellas, U. S. A. 

D. L. Belden. 

D. G. Brinton, M. D. 

Maynard Bixby. 

R. A. Brock, F. R. H. S. 

Philip Alexander Bruce. 

George Butler. 

Pierce Butler. 



Stephen Callender. 

Gen. John S. Clark. 

Capt. John M. Buckalew. 

Rev. Sanford H. Cobb. 

D. M. Collins. 

O. W. Collet. 

*Chester A. Colt. 

Henry Colt. 

■^Prof. Henry Coppee, LL. D. 

*Martin Coryell. 

*Brinton Coxe. 

Samuel L. Cutter. 

John H. Dager. 

Gen. W. C. Darling. 

*William V. Darlington, M. D. 



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ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP. 



CORRESPONDING— CONTINUED. 



Gen. Wm. Watts H. Davis. 
*Thomas Dickson. 
Rev. S. B. Dod. 
Rev. Silas H. Durand. 
Elnathan F. Duren. 
^Daniel S. Durrie. 
George M. El wood. 
*J. Gillingham Fell. 
Prof. William Frear, Ph. D. 
Hon. John G. Freeze. 
George W. Fish. 
^William Frothingham. 
Frank Butler Gay. 
■^Jay Gould. 
Granville Henry. 
*Jacob K. Griffith. 
WiUiam Griffith. 
^George Butler Griffin. 
P. C. Gritman. 
*Prof. Samuel Gross, M. D. 
Francis W. Halsey. 
*James Hamilton. 
Stephen Harding. 
*John Hartland. 
David Chase Harrington. 
A. L. Hartwell. 
Christopher E. Hawley. 
*S. F. Headley. 
Edward Herrick, Jr. 
*Rev. A. A. Hodge, D. D. 
Walter F. Hoffinan, M. D. 
^James Plolgate. 
*H. Hollister, M. D. 
*Hon. H. M. Hoyt. 
Ray Greene Huling. 
Hon. W. H. Jessup. 
*Edward Jones. 
*Hon. M. H. Jones. 
John Johnson, LL. D. 
John W. Jordan. 
Rev. C. H. Kidder. 
Rev. C. R. Lane. 
Prof. Harvey B. Lane. 
*Hon. John W. Leisenring. 
S. T. Lippencott. 
Dr. J. R. Loomis. 
*Col. Garrick Mallery. 
Prof. Otis T. Mason. 



Hon. John Maxwell. 

*Rev. George D. Miles, 

Mrs. Helen (Reynolds) Miller. 

Edward Miller. 

Madison Mills, M. D., U. S. A. 

J. M. McMinn. 

Millard P. Murray. 

"P. M. Osterhout. 

Rev. John J. Pearce. 

Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker. 

Henry W. Pickering. 

John Peters. 

* Henry PhilHps, Ph. D. 

John F. Meginness. 

James H. Phinney. 

^William M. Piatt. 

*Col. V. E. Piollet. 

John M. Poor. 

Bruce Price. 

Hon. Lewis Pughe. 

William Poillon. 

Col. J. S. Price. 

S. R. Reading. 

*Prof. John Richards. 

"J. L. Richardson. 

J. C. Rhodes. 

^Houghton B. Robinson. 

J. T. Rothrock, M. D. 

H. N. Rust, M. D. 

William M. Samson. 

Lieut. H. M. M. Richards. 

Mrs. Gertrude Griffith Sanderson. 

^James S. Slocura. 

*Frederick D. Stone. 

Prof. B. F. Shumart. 

W. H. Starr. 

Col. William L. Stone. 

John H. Sutphin. 

Thomas Sweet, M. D. 

S. L. Thurlow. 

*Ira Tripp. 

Maj. Harry P. Ward. 

*Col. George E. Waring, U. S. A. 

*lacob Waelder. 

*J. B. Wakeman. 

Abram Waltham. 

*H. C. Wilson. 

*Dilton Yarrington. 



ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP. 



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LIFE MEMBERS. 
By payment of $100. 

Mrs. Mary (Conynghara) Parrish. 

Mrs. Ella (Reets) Parrish. 

Calvin Parsons. 

Maj. Oliver Alphonsa Parsons. 

Francis A. Phelps. 

*John Case Phelps. 

*John Reichard, Jr. 

Dorrance Reynolds. 

Schuyler Lee Reynolds. 

^Sheldon Reynolds. 

Ferdinand Vandevere Rockafellow. 

William Penn Ryman. 

Miss Elizabeth Montgomery Sharpe. 

Miss Mary A. Sharpe. 

^Richard Sharpe, Sr. 

Richard Sharpe, Jr. 

Mrs. Sally (Patterson) Sharpe. 

Miss SalUe Sharpe. 

Charles J. Shoemaker. 

Miss Esther Shoemaker Stearns. 

Miss Jane A. Shoemaker. 

*Hon. Lazarus Denison Shoemaker. 

Levi Ives Shoemaker, M. D. 

*John Henry Swoyer. 

Lewis Harlow Taylor, M. D. 

Miss Sallie B. Thomas. 

John A. Turner. 

Raymond Lynde Wadhams. 

Edward Welles, Sr. 

Edward Welles, Jr. 

George Woodward, M. D. 

*Mrs. Emily L. (Cist) Wright. 

Harrison Wright, 3d. 

George Riddle Wright. 

Hon. Jacob Ridgway Wright. 

Mrs. Margaret M. (Myers) Yeager. 



Thomas Henry Atherton. 

George Reynolds Bedford. 

Mrs. Priscilla (Lee) Bennett. 

Samuel LeRoi Brown. 

William Lord Conyngham. 

*Hon. Eckley Brinley Coxe. 

*Hon. Edmund Lovell Dana. 

*Edward Payson Darling. 

Mrs. Alice (McClintock) Darling. 

Andrew Fine Derr. 

*Henry H. Derr. 

Mrs. Kate (Pettebone) Dickson. 

Hon. Charles Denison Foster. 

Mrs. Sarah H. (Wright) Guthrie. 

Henry Harrison Harvey. 

Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden. 

*H. Baker Hillman. 

Miss Amelia B. Hollenback. 

John Welles Hollenback. 

Andrew Hunlock. 

^Charles Farmer Ingham, M. D. 

Edwin Horn Jones. 

Ralph Dupuy Lacoe. 

Edward Sterling Loop. 

Charles Noyes Loveland. 

* William Loveland. 

nVilliam Ross Mafifet. 

Andrew Hamilton McClintock. 

•'^Mrs. Augusta (Cist) McClintock. 

Hon. Charles Abbott Miner. 

Charles Howard Miner, M. D. 

Sidney Roby Miner. 

Lawrence Myers. 

Abram Goodwin Nesbitt. 

Mrs. Esther (Shoemaker) Norris. 

Rev. Nathan Grier Parke, D. D. 

*Charles Parrish. 

Total Life members, 73 

Subscription to Life Membership due December 31, 1899, 10 

- 83 
The Life Membership fee of one hundred dollars is always invested, the interest only 
being used for the annual needs of the Society. The life member is relieved from the pay- 
ment of annual dues, is entitled to all privileges of the Society, and by the payment ol his 
fee establishes a permanent memorial of his name which never expires, but always bears 
interest for the benefit of the Society. 



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ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP. 



RESIDENT MEMBERS. 



^Frederick Ahlborn. 

Miss Carrie M. Alexander. 

*Miss Emily Isabella Alexander. 

Charles Henry Alexander. 

*William Hibbard Alexander. 

William Murray Alexander. 

Felix Ansart. 

*James Archibald. 

*Horace Armstrong. 

Herbert Henry Ashley. 

*Thomas Ferrier Atherton. 

Thomas Henry Atherton. 

Mrs. Mary S. (Butler) Ayres. 

*Ephraim Nelson Banks, M. D. 

*B. A. Barnes. 

Robert Baur. 

Gustav Adolph Baur. 

Col. Eugene Beauharnais Beaumont, 

U. S. A. 
^Charles Bennet. 
*Major Daniel Strebeigh Bennet. 
George Slocum Bennett. 
*John Bennet. 
Miss Martha P. Bennet. 
Stephen B. Bennett. 
*Hon. Ziba Bennett. 
Charles Welles Bixby. 
'^Joseph K. Bogert. 
James H. Bowden. 
*Joel Bowkley. 
*Col. Alexander Hamilton Bowman, 

U. S. A. 
Mrs. Isabella W. (Tallman) Bowman. 
^William Brisbane, M. D. 
John Cloyes Bridgman. 
Robert Packer Brodhead. 
^'Thomas Brodrick. 
Mrs. Frances (Bulkeley) Brundage. 
Elmer Ellsworth Buckman. 
Ernest Ustick Buckman, M. D. 
J. Arthur Bullard, M. D. 
^George HoUenback Butler. 



*Horatio Seymour Butler. 

*John Lord Butler. 

Miss Julia Gloninger Butler, 

*Lord Butler. 

Pierce Butler. 

Edmund Nelson Carpenter. 

Walter Samuel Carpenter. 

Edward Henry Chase. 

Phineas M. Carhart. 

Sterling Ross Catlin. 

Rollin Chamberlin. 

Frederick M. Chase. 

*James Clarkson. 

*Edward Chahoon. 

*Eleazer Blackman Collings. 

*Col. Charles Miner Conyngham. 

*Col. John Butler Conyngham. 

Herbert Conyngham. 

John Nesbit Conyngham. 

Mrs. Bertha (Wright) Conyngham. 

Mrs. Mae (Turner) Conyngham. 

Edward Constine. 

^Captain Gilman Converse. 

Joseph David Coons. 

Frederick Corss, M. D. 

Johnson R. Coolbaugh. 

James Martin Coughlin. 

Alexander B. Coxe. 

John M. Crane. 

^Sylvester Dana. 

Thomas Darling. 

*John Vaughn Darling. 

Hon. Alfred Darte. 

Hon. Stanley W. Davenport. 

Harry Cassell Davis, Ph. D. 

Mrs. Louise (Kidder) Davis. 

^^Charles B. Drake. 

Arthur D. Dean. 

*James Plater Dennis. 

*William Fielding Dennis, M. D. 

*Hon. Charles Denison. 

*Col. Hiram Denison. 



ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP. 



23 



RESIDENT MEMBERS— CONTINUED. 



Mrs. Harriet (Lowrie) Derr. 

♦Thompson Derr. 

Benjamin Dorrance. 

James Ford Dorrance. 

*Col. Charles Dorrance. 

*Rev. John Dorrance, D. D. 

Col. Charles Bowman Dougherty. 

*Col. Anthony H. Emley. 

Mrs. Ella (Bicking) Emory. 

William Glassell Eno. 

Barnet Miller Espy. 

Mrs. Augusta (Dorrance) Farnham. 

Alexander Farnham. 

George H. Flanagan. 

Alexander Gray Fell, M. D. 

Daniel Ackley Fell, Jr. 

George Steele Ferris. 

*Reuben J. Flick. 

*Hon. Herman C. Fry. 

Mrs. Mary Jane (Hoagland) Foster. 

Henry Amzi Fuller. 

Mrs. Minnie (Strauss) Galland. 

*James E. Gay. 

*Hon. Henderson Gaylord. 

*Alexander Gray. 

Thomas Graeme. 

Maris Gibson, M. D. 

*E. S. Goodrich. 

Mrs. Annette (Jenkins) Gorman. 

Byron G. Hahn. 

Harry Hakes, M. D. 

Hon. Gains Leonard Halsey. 

Mrs. Mary (Richardson) Hand. 

Hon. Garrick Mallery Harding. 

Maj. John Slosson Harding. 

*Francis M. Harkness. 

Charles D. S. Harrower. 

*Col. Elisha Boanerges Harvey. 

Mrs. Jennie (DeWitt) Harvey. 

Laning Harvey. 

Miss Mary Harvey. 

J. H. W. Hawkins. 



William P'rederick Hessell. 

*William'Henry Grier Hibler. 

*James H. Hildreth. 

Miss Josephine Hillard. 

Lord Butler Hillard. 

^Oliver Burr Hillard. 

Tuthill Reynolds Hillard. 

*Mrs. Ruth Ross (Butler) Hillard. 

Mrs. Josephine (Wright) Hill man. 

John Justin Hines. 

Rev. Francis Blanchard Hodge, D. D. 

S. Alexander Hodge. 

*George Matthias Hollenback. 

F. Lee Hollister. 

Miss Elizabeth Waller Horton. 

Missouri B. Houpt. 

John T. Howell, M. D. 

*John Howarth. 

*Nathan G. Howe. 

Abram Goodwin Hoyt. 

Edward Everett Hoyt. 

Miss Anna Mercer Hunt. 

Charles Parrish Hunt. 

*Rev. Thomas P. Hunt. 

Miss Lucy Brown Ingham. 

William Vernet Ingham. 

Miss Hannah Packard James. 

Frederick Crisman Johnson, M. D. 

*George Johnson. 

George D. Johnson. 

Mrs. Grace (Derr) Johnson. 

Edwin Horn Jones. 

*Willard Jones. 

Rev. Henry Lawrence Jones, S. T. D. 

Mrs. Marie (Lape) Jordan. 

Hon. Winthop Welles Ketcham. 

Albert H. Kipp. 

Frederick M. Kirby. 

Ira M. Kirkendall. 

George Brubaker Kulp. 

*Fred Landmesser. 

*Charles A. Lane. 



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ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP. 



RESIDENT MEMBERS— CONTINUED. 



^Augustus C. Laning. 

John Laning. 

William Arthur Lalhrop. 

Elmer H. Lawall. 

George W. Leach, Sr. 

Woodward Leavenworth. 

Charles W. Lee. 

*Washington Lee, Jr. 

*Amold Colt Lewis. 

George Chahoon Lewis. 

Otis Lincoln. 

Charles Jonas Long. 

Mrs. Dora (Rosenbaum) Long. 

*Isaac Long. 

William Righter Longshore, M. D. 

George Loveland. 

*Lorin M. Luke. 

Hon. John Lynch. 

Mrs. Katherine (Searle) McCartney. 

*Andrew Todd McClintock, LL. D. 

*Miss Jean Hamill McClintock. 

William Swan McLean. 

Wolney Lee Maxwell. 

*Edward Rodman Mayer, M. D. 

*Fred Mercur. 

^William H. Merritt. 

* William M. Miller. 

Col. Asher Miner. 

*Ebenezer Bowman Miner, M. D. 

Mrs. EUzabeth (Ross) Miner. 

*Joshua L. Miner, M. D. 

*Thomas W. Miner, M. D. 

*William Penn Miner. 

*David Mordecai. 

Benjamin Franklin Morgan. 

Charles Morgan. 

Edward Stroud Morgan. 

Jesse Taylor Morgan. 

■>*Capt. Aldson Morse. 

^Robert Morton. 

*A. H. Mulford. 

Eugene Worth Mulligan, 

*Joseph A. Murphy, M. D. 



Charles Francis Murray. 

Abram Nesbitt. 

*George Byron Nicholson. 

Mrs. Anna (Miner) Oliver. 

*Thomas Oldershaw. 

*Hon. Isaac Smith Osterhout. 

Miss Frances J. Overton. 

Col. Jedediah C. Paine. 

*Lewis Compton Paine. 

Miss Priscilla Lee Paine. 

Samuel Maxwell Parke. 

Justin E. Parrish. 

*Hezekiah Parsons. 

*Sanford E. Parsons. 

Mrs. Sarah C. Parsons. 

Joseph W. Patten. 

Joseph Emmett Patterson. 

*Hon. Hubbard Bester Payne. 

Mrs. Martha (Bennett) Phelps. 

Miss Anna Bennett Phelps. 

*Rev. George Peck, D. D. 

*Hon. Henry Pettebone. 

*Payne Pettebone. 

Mrs. Mary Frances (Sively) Pfouts. 

*Col. J. S. Price. 

*Capt. Charles C. Plotz. 

Frank Puckey. 

John W. Raeder. 

William Lafayette Raeder. 

^William S. Reddin. 

Col. George Nicholas Reichard. 

Abram H. Reynolds. 

Benjamin Reynolds. 

*Hon. William Champion Reynolds. 

Hon. Charles Edmund Rice. 

Mrs. Elizabeth (Reynolds) Ricketts. 

Col. Robert Bruce Ricketts. 

William Reynolds Ricketts. 

Eugene A. Rhoads. 

Mrs. Anna B. (Dorrance) Reynolds. 

Col. George Murray Reynolds. 

John Butler Reynolds, 

Pierce Butler Reynolds. 



ROLL OF MEMBERSHIP. 



25 



RESIDENT MEMBERS— CONTINUED. 



Mrs. Stella (Dorrance) Reynolds. 

Hon. Jacob Roberts, Jr. 

Robert Patterson Robinson. 

Miss Elizabeth H. Rockwell. 

Arthello Ross Root. 

*Mrs. Ruth (Tripp) Ross. 

*Gen. William Sterling Ross. 

William F. Roth, M. D. 

*C. M. Rouse. 

Leslie S. Ryman. 

Miss Ruth E. Ryman. 

Theodore F. Ryman. 

John Tritte Luther Sahm. 

John Edward Sayre. 

Christian H. Scharer. 

*Hon. George W. Scranton. 

Charles William Spayd, M. D. 

Rev. Levi L. Sprague, D. D. 

Capt. Cyrus Straw. 

Seligman J. Strauss. 

Maj. Irving Ariel Stearns. 

Mrs. Clorinda (Shoemaker) Stearns. 

*Capt. Lazarus Denison Steams, U. S. V. 

Addison A. Sterling. 

Walter S. Stewart, M. D. 

Harry Clayton Shepherd. 

William Carver Shepherd. 

Mrs. Lydia (Atherton) Stites. 

Archie Carver Shoemaker, M. D. 

*Hon. Charles Denison Shoemaker. 

Robert Charles Shoemaker. 

William Mercer Shoemaker. 

*Cyrenus M. Smith. 

*George Thomas Smith. 

*John Smith, M. D. 

Wilson J. Smith. 

Hon. William J. Scott. 

Hon. George Washington Shonk. 

*Jonathan J. Slocum. 

William Stoddart. 

Dr. Louise M. Stoeckel. 

Theodore Strong. 

*Simon Cameron Struthers. 



•X Charles Huston Sturdevant. 

*Gen. Edward Warren Sturdevant. 

Edward Warren Sturdevant. 

Miss Ella Urquhart Sturdevant. 

*Maj. John Sturdevant. 

*Col. Samuel H. Sturdevant. 

Thomas K. Sturdevant. 

William Henry Sturdevant. 

William H. Taylor. 

William John Trembath. 

James A. Timpson. 

Mrs. Ellen Elizabeth (Miner) Thomas. 

*Jesse Thomas. 

Percy R. Thomas. 

^William Tompkins. 

Miss C. Rosa Troxell. 

*Frank Turner. 

John A. Turner. 

■'^Hon. Samuel G. Turner. 

Alexander H. Van Horn. 

*A. S. VanWickle. 

Burton Voorhis. 

"^Calvin Wadhams. 

Mrs. Esther Taylor Wadhams. 

■^Moses Wadhams. 

Moses Waller Wadhams. 

Ralph H. Wadhams. 

*Samuel Wadhams. 

Frank W. Wheaton. 

Rev. Henry Hunter Welles, D. D. 

Henry Hunter Welles, Jr. 

Theodore L. Welles. 

Mrs. Stella H. Welles. 

Joshua Lewis Welter. 

William D. White. 

*Hon. Hendrick B. White. 

John Butler Woodward. 

Hon. Stanley Woodward. 

John Gore Wood. 

Wesley Ellsworth Woodruff. 

*John Wroth. 

E. B. Yordy. 

Dr. H. Newton Young. 



PORTRAITS PRESENTED TO THE SOCIETY. 



Miss Emily Isabella Alexander, by Miss C. M. Alexander. Member. 

Hon. John Nesbitt Conyngham, L.L. D., by Mrs. Charles Parrish. Vice Presi- 
dent, 1866, 1867. 

Col. John Butler Conyngham, by Mrs. Charles Parrish. A founder of the Society; 
Treasurer, 1858-1861. 

Hon. Eckley B. Coxe, by Alexander B. Coxe, Esq. Vice President, 1890-1895. 

Benjamin Gardiner Carpenter, by Spring Brook Water Co. 

Col. Charles Dorrance, by Miss Ann Dorrance. Vice President, 1866, 1867, 1881. 

George Matthias HoUenback, by Mr. Edward Welles. Vice President, i86o-'6i. 

Hon. Henry Martyn Hoyt, by his family. Corresponding member. 

Francis William Hunt, by Mr. Charles P. Hunt. 

Charles F. Ingham, M. D., by his family. President, 1862, 1863, 1882, 1883. 

John Michael Kienzle, the old Sexton and High Constable. 

Augustus C. Laning, by Mrs. G. C. Smith. Vice President, 1868. Member. 

Edward Rodman Mayer, M. D., by Mrs. E. R. Mayer. Vice President, 1861, 
1879-1881. 

Charles Morgan, by the family. Member. 

Isaac S. Osterhout, by Spring Brook Water Co. Benefactor and Member. 

Charles Parrish, by Mr. Charles P. Hunt, Life member. 

Lewis Compton Paine, by Miss P. L. Paine. Vice President, 1882, 1883. 

Payne Pettebone, by Mrs. Payne Pettebone. President, 1875. 

Gen. William Sterling Ross, by Hon. Charles A. Miner. Benefactor and President. 

Sheldon Reynolds, by Mrs. S. Reynolds. President, 1894. 

Hon. Lazarus Denison Shoemaker, by Dr. L. I. Shoemaker. Vice President, 
1890-1893. 

Richard Sharpe, Sr., by the family. Life member. 

Col. Samuel Henry Sturdevant, by Miss Ella U. Sturdevant. Member. 

Harrison Wright, M. A., Ph. D., by the family. Recording Secretary, 1872-1885. 

Hon. Stanley Woodward, by Mrs. S. W^oodward. Founder, and President, 1895- 
1899. 

Hon. George Washington Woodward, by Judge S. Woodward. 

Calvin Wadhams, by Andrew Hunlock, Esq. President, 1873. 

Hon. Hendrick Bradley Wright, by Spring Book Water Co. President, 1870-1872. 



PAPERS READ 

BEFORE THE 

Wyoming Historical and Geological Society. 



1858. 

June 7. "The Cadent, Vergent, Umbral and Vespertine Series of Professor 
Rogers' Pennsylvania State Survey ;" by Dr. Charles F. Ingham. 

i860. 
Feb. II. "First Impressions of England and Scotland;" by General William 
S. Ross. 

1862. 
Mch. 3. "The Red Pipe Stone Quarries;" by Dr. Charles F. Ingham. 

1864. 
Mch. 7. "The Tides in the Bay of Funday, with an account of a visit to Cape 
Breton and the Albert Coal Mine ;" by Martin Coryell. 

1868. 
July 6. "Inaugural Address;" by President Martin Coryell. 
Aug. 3. *"A Biographical Sketch of the late General William Sterling Ross ;" 
by Hon. Hendrick B. Wright. 

1873- 
May 2. "A Geological Tour from New York City to Wilkes-Barre ;" by 

Martin Coryell. 
June 6. "Cinnabar;" by Harrison Wright, Ph. D. 
July 5. "Early Printing;" by Harrison Wright, Ph. D. 
Sept. 5. "Heliography ;" by Eugene C. Frank, 
Sept. 5. "The Natural Tunnel in Virginia;" by Martin Coryell. 
Oct. 3. "Graphite in Luzerne County, Penn'a ;" by Harrison Wright, Ph. D. 
Oct. 3. "Concretionary Form of Structure in the Coal Slate at Plymouth, 

Penn'a;" by Harrison Wright, Ph. D. 
Nov. 7. "Tobacco;" by Harrison Wright, Ph. D. 
Dec. 5. "Cuba;" by Martin Coryell. 

1874. 
April 3. "Silica ;" by Dr. Charles F. Ingham, 
May I. "Discovery of the Corundum Mines of North Carolina;" by Dr. 

Charles F. Ingham. 
July 3. "The Hermit's Den in Luzerne County;" by Frederick C.Johnson. 
July 3. "The Pyramids of Cholulu, Mexico;" by Gen, E. L. Dana, 

1880. 
May 7. "Clay Pipes marked 'R. T.' found in Indian Graves in New York 
and Pennsylvania;" by Harrison Wright, Ph. D. 



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PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY. 



i88i. 

Feb. lo, *" A Yankee Celebration at Wyoming in ye Olden Times ;" by Steu- 
ben Jenkins, Esq. 

Mch. 4. "A Geological Survey of the Loyal Sock and North Mountain region, 
Luzerne County;" by Col. R. Bruce Ricketts. 

June 3. *" Early Shad Fisheries in the North Branch of the Susquehanna 
River;" by Harrison Wright, Ph. D. 

Oct. 7. *"Scranton Peat Bog;" by Harrison Wright, Ph. D. 

1882. 

Jan. 6. "Samuel Harris and the Wyoming Committee of 1774;" by Rev. 
Horace Edwin Hayden. 

Jan. 6. ^"Incidents in the Life of Captain Samuel H. Walker, Texan Ranger, 
killed at the Battle of Huamantla, Mexico, whose sword is in 
the possession of this Society;" by Gen. Edmund L. Dana, 
late Captain First Pennsylvania Volunteers, Mexican War. 

July 7. *"Memoir of Isaac S. Osterhout;" by Gen. Edmund L. Dana. 

July 7. ^''Memoir of Mrs. Ruth Tripp Ross;" by Frederick C. Johnson. 

Dec. I. *"A Memorandum Description of the Finer Specimens of Indian 
Earthenware Pots, in the collection of this Society;" by Harri- 
son Wright, Ph. D. 

1883. 

April 6. *"List of Paleozoic Fossil Insects of the United States and Canada, 
alphabetically arranged, giving names of authors, geological age, 
locality of occurrence, and place of preservation, with reference 
to the principal bibliography of the subject ;" by Ralph D. Lacoe. 

April 6. ^"Translation of an Essay delivered by M. L. Delisle, February 22, 
1883, before the Academy of Instruction, on the oldest manu- 
script of the Libri Collection in the library at the Ashburnham 
Place;" by Harrison Wright, Ph. D. 

May 4. *" Report of the Special Archaeological Committee on the Athens 
Locality;" by Harrison Wright, Ph. D. 

Sept. 14. ^"Memoir of Calvin Wadhams, Esq., late a President of the Society ;" 
by George B. Kulp. 

Sept. 14. ^"Local Shell Beds;" by Sheldon Reynolds, A. M. 

Dec. 14. *"The Old Pittston Fort;" by Steuben Jenkins, Esq. 

Dec. 14. *"A Bibliography of Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, being a cata- 
logue of all books, pamphlets and other ephemera in any way 
related to its history, with bibliographical and critical notes;" 
by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden. 

Dec. 14. ■'^"Circular of Inquiry from the Society respecting the Old Wilkes- 
Barre Academy;" by Harrison Wright, Ph. D. 

Dec. 14. ■'^"The Old Academy, interesting Sketches of its Fortv-six Trustees ;" 
by Harrison Wright, Ph. D. 



Feb. II. "The Greek in Scientific Nomenclature;" by H. C. Davis, A. M. 

Feb. II. ■'^"Translation of the Report of the Ashburnham Manuscripts made 
by M. Delisle, Administrator General of the Public Instruction, 
National Library, of France;" by Harrison Wright, Ph. D. 



PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY. 29 

Sept. 12. ^"The Rev. Bernard Page, A. M,, the First Episcopal Minister of 
Wyoming, A. D. 1771 ;" by Sheldon Reynolds. 

Sept. 12. *"An Account of Various Silver and Copper Medals presented to the 
North American Indians by the sovereigns of England, France 
and Spain, from 1600 to 1800, and especially of five such 
Medals of George I. of Great Britain, now in possession of this 
Society and its members;" by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden. 

*"A Biographical Sketch of Hon. Stewait Pearce, deceased, late an 
Honorary Member of this Society;" by George B. Kulp, Esq. 

*" Report on some Fossils from the Lower Coal Measures near 
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne county, Pa. ;" by Prof. E, W. Claypole. 

1885. 

**'A Genealogical and Biographical Essay on the Life and Character 
of the late Harrison Wright, Ph. D. ;" by George B. Kulp. 

*"Brief Review of the Literary Work of Harrison Wright, Ph. D. ;" 
by Sheldon Reynolds, A. M. 

*Poem : "Dr. Harrison Wright;" by D. M, Jones. 

"The Early Settlement of a Portion of Wilkes-Barre Township ;" 

by Calvin Parsons. 
"Biographical Sketch of the Chevaher de Luzerne;" by Andrew H. 

McClintock. 
"The Early Settlement of Dallas Township, Part I ;" by W. P. 

Ryman. 

1886. 
"The Early Settlement of Dallas Township, Part 2;" by W. P. 

Ryman. 
*' 'Biographical Sketches of Deceased Members;" by George B. 

Kulp. 
^"Report on the Wyoming Valley Carboniferous Limestone Beds;" 

by Charles A. Ashburner. 
"The Old Sullivan Road from Port Penn, at Stroudsburg, to 

W^ilkes-Barre;" by Hon. E. L. Dana. 
"The Supposed Meteorite of Ross Township, Luzerne County, Pa.;" 

by Dr. Charles F. Ingham. 
"The Birth of Luzerne County, Pa.;" by Dr. H. H. Hollister. 

''The Government of Wyoming Prior to the Erection of Luzerne 
County;" by Steuben Jenkins. 

"The Chevalier de Luzerne;" by Hon. E. L. Dana. 

"The House of Lancaster to the Rescue ; or, the Paxtang Rangers at 
Wyoming;" by William H. Egle, M. D. 

"Poem :" by D. M. Jones. 

"Historical Sketch of Abingdon Township, Luzerne County;" by 
Rev. S. S. Kennedy. 

Sept. 25. "Historical Sketch of Putnam Township, Luzerne County;" by 
P. M. Osterhout. 



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30 PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY. 

Sept 25, "The Proposed Exodus of Wyoming Settlers in 1783;" by F. C. 

Johnson. 
Sept. 25. "Progress of Printing in Luzerne County;" by William P. Miner. 

Dec. 10. "Brief Sketch of Events in the Southwest Part of Luzerne County 
for the Last One Hundred Years;" by Mrs. M. L. Hartman. 

1887. 
Feb. II. "The Recollections of the Dwellings of Wilkes-Barre and their 
Occupants in the Year 1819;" by James P. Dennis. 

Feb. II. "Albertite;" by Dr. Charles F, Ingham. 

Dec. 9. *" A Sketch of the Early History of the First Presbyterian Church of 
Wilkes-Barre;" by Sheldon Reynolds. 

1888. 
May. II. "Pioneer Physicians of Wyoming Valley;" by Dr. F. C. Johnson. 

1889. 
Sept. 13. ^"Oliver Pollock and George Rogers Clark's Conquest of the Illinois 
Country;" by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden. 

Sept. 13. *" Biographical Sketch of Hon. Edmund Lovell Dana, President of 
the Society;" by Sheldon Reynolds. 

1890. 

June 27. *"Coal, Its Antiquity, Discovery and Early Development in the 
Wyoming Valley;" by George B. Kulp. 

Dec. 19. *"Notes on the Tornado of August 19, 1890, in Luzerne and Co- 
lumbia Counties, Pa.;" by Prof. Thomas Santee. 

1891. 
May 22. "The Pennsylvania Associators in the Revolutionary War;" by 
William H. Egle, M. D. 

1892. 
Feb. II. "Coal in the Wyoming Valley;" by William P. Miner. 

May 13. "The Geographical, Cosmographical and Geodetic Problems and 
Theories upon which the Great Maritime Experiment of Co- 
lumbus was Based;" by Harry Hakes, M. D. 

i«93- 
Nov. 20. *" Address of Hon. Stanley Woodward, before the Historical Society, 
at the opening of its new rooms." 

1894. 
Feb. 10. "Memoir of the late Andrew Todd McClintock, LL. D., President 

of this Society;" by Sheldon Reynolds. 
Dec. 21. **'The Frontier Forts Within the Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania;" 

by Sheldon Reynolds. 

1895. 
Oct. 4. ■^"The Frontier Forts Within the North and West Branches of the 

Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania;" by Captain John M. 

Buckalew. 
Nov. 8. "A Moravian Vesper and a Visit to Nazareth, Pa. ;" by Dr. F. C- 

Johnson. 



PAPERS READ BEFORE THE SOCIETY. 3 1 

1896. 
Jan. 10. *'Tedigree Building;" by William H. Egle, M. D. 

Feb, II. *"The Yankee and the Pennamite in the Wyoming Valley ;" by 
Hon. Stanley Woodward. 

Apr. lo. ■'^"Military Hospitals at Bethlehem and Lititz, Pennsylvania, during 
the Revolutionary War;" by John Woolf Jordan." 

June 16. ''The Orinoco and the El Dorado;" by J. B. Austin. 

Oct. 9. *"The Old Ship of Zion Bell ;" by Rev. Nathan Grier Parke, D. D. 

Nov. 13. "The Mound Drifts of the Susquehanna Valley;" by Frederic 
Corss, M. D. 

Dec. II. *"The Palatines, or the German Emigration to New York and Penn- 
sylvania;" by Rev. Sanford H. Cobb. 

Dec. 13. *"The Massacre of Wyoming. The Acts of Congress for the De- 
fence of Wyoming Valley, 1 776-1778, with the Petitions of the 
Sufferers by the Massacre of July 3, 1778, for Congressional 
Aid ;" by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, M. A. 

1897. 
Feb. 12. "Biographical Sketch of Rev. John Witherspoon, D. D., Signer of 
the Declaration of Independence;" by Mrs. Charles E. Rice. 

Apr. 19. "The Defences of the Delaware River During the Revolutionary 
War;" by Captain Henry Hobart Bellas, U. S. A. 

May 21. *"The German Leaven in the Pennsylvania Loaf;" by H. M. M. 

Richards. 
June 24. '^"John and Sebastian Cabot. A 400th Anniversary Memorial of 

the Discovery of America;" by Harry Hakes, M. D. 

Oct. 8. *"Sketch of Captain Joseph Davis and Lieutenant William Jones of 
the Pennsylvania Line, who were Slain by the Indians at 
Laurel Run, Pa., April 23, 1779;" by Rev. Horace Edwin 
Hayden, M. A. 

Oct. 8. "Fossils in the River Drift at Pittston ;" by Frederic Corss, M. D, 

1897. 

Dec. 10. "Description of the Ice Flood of 1784;" by Rev. Jacob Johnson. 
Read by F. C. Johnson, M. D. 
1898. 

Jan. 14. "The French at Asylum, Penn'a, 1791 ;" by Rev. David Craft, D.D. 

Feb. II. "The Battle of King's Mountain, 1781 ;" by President E. D. War- 
field, LL. D. 

Apr. 15. "The Laying Out and Naming of Wilkes-Barre ;" by Oscar J. 
Harvey. 

Oct. 21. "Sketches of Isaac Long and Capt. L. D. Stearns;" by Wesley E. 
Woodruff. 

Dec. 16. "The Old Mills of Wyoming Valley from 1772-1898;" by Hon. 
Charles A. Miner. 

Dec. 16. "Sketch of Col. S. H. Sturdevant;" by W. E. Woodruff. 

* indicates papers published by the Society. 



CONTRIBUTORS TO THE LIBRARY AND CABINETS 
OF THE SOCIETY, FOR THE YEARS 

1897 AND ll 



Alabama State Geological Survey. 

Alexander, Miss Carrie M., Wilkes-Barre. 

American Numismatic and Archaeological Society, New York. 

American Geographical Society, New York. 

American Historical Association, Washington, D. C. 

American Museum Natural History, New York. 

American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. 

Amherst College, Amherst, N. H. 

Baur, Robert, Wilkes-Barre. 

Beaumont, Col. Eugene B., Wilkes-Barre. 

Brundage, Miss Mae, Wilkes-Barre. 

Brooks, Rev. Peter H., Wilkes-Barre. 

Brymner, Dr. Douglass, Toronto, Canada. 

Buffalo Historical Society, Buffalo, N. Y. 

Capwell, W. H., Dallas, Pa. 

Carpenter, Harry B., Wilkes-Barre. 

Chicago Academy of Science, Chicago, 111. 

Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, 111. 

Colorado Society of Colonial Wars, Denver, Col. 

Colonial Dames of America in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. 

Cochrane, Gen. John, New York. 

Columbia College, New York. 

Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Conn. 

Coxe, Alexander B., Drifton, Pa. 

Daniell, Burton H., Wilkes-Barre. 

Darling, Gen. Charles William, Utica, N. Y. 

Darte, George L., Wilkes-Barre. 

Daughters American Revolution National Society, Washington, D. C. 

Dauphin County Historical Society, Harrisburg, Pa. 

Delaware Historical Society, Wilmington. 

Dexter, Prof. F. B., Yale University. 

Dimmick, Mrs. Susan W., New York. 

Egle, Dr. William Henry, M. D., M. A., Harrisburg, Pa. 

Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. 

Espy, Bruce M., Wilkes-Barre. 



CONTRIBUTORS. 33 



Elkins, Hon. William L., Philadelphia. 

Field Columbian Museum, Chicago, 111. 

Griffith, William, W^est Pittston, Pa. 

Halsey, Hon. F. W., New York! 

Hastings, Hon. Hugh, Albany, N. Y. 

Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 

Harvey, H. Harrison, Wilkes-Barre. 

Hayden, Rev. Horace Edwin, Wilkes-Barre. 

Hollenback, John Welles, Wilkes-Barre. 

Hubbard, Oliver Payson, LL. D., New York. 

Hunterdon County (N. J.) Historical Society. 

Ingham, Miss Mary, Wilkes-Barre. 

Ingham, Miss Lucy Brown, Wilkes-Barre. 

Ingham, William Vernet, Wilkes-Barre. 

Iowa Geological Survey, Iowa City, Iowa. 

Iowa Historical Department, DesMoines, Iowa. 

Iowa State Historical Society, Iowa City. 

Iowa State University, Iowa. 

James, Dr. Thomas A., Ashley, Pa. 

James, Miss Hannah Packard, Wilkes-Barre. 

Johnson, Dr. Frederick Crisman, Wilkes-Barre. 

Jones, Edward Horn, Wilkes-Barre. 

Jones, Rev. Henry Lawrence, S. T. D., Wilkes-Barre. 

Jordan, John W., Philadelphia. 

Kansas Historical Society, Topeka, Kaa. 

King, Col. Horatio C, New York. 

King, James, Johnstown, Pa. 

Kulp, George Brubaker, Wilkes-Barre. 

Lacoe, Ralph D., Pittston, Pa. 

Lackawanna Presbytery, Wilkes-Barre 

Lambing, Rev. A. A., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Lancaster Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa. 

Lundy's Lane Historical Society, Welland, Ont. 

Linskill, Charles D., Wilkes-Barre. 

Maine Genealogical Society, Portland, Me. 

Massachusetts State Library, Boston, Mass. 

Manchester Geological Society, England. 

Mayer, Mrs. Edward Rodman, New York. 

McCartney, Mrs. Katharine Searle, Wilkes-Barre. 

McCauley, Maj. F. G., W^est Chester, Pa. 

McClintock, Andrew Hamilton, Wilkes-Barre. 

Michigan Pioneer Society, Lansing, Mich. 

Milwaukee Museum, Milwaukee, Wis. 



34 CONTRIBUTORS. 

Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minn. 

Minnesota Geological Society, St. Paul, Minn. 

Minnisink Historical Society, Port Jervis, N. Y. 

Miner, Sidney Roby, Wilkes-Barre. 

Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Mo. 

Monroe, Will S., Stanford University, Col. 

Mercur, Mrs. Frederick, Wilkes-Barre. 

Nagle, Rev. Peter C, Wilkes-Barre. 

Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Neb. 

New Brunsvv^ick Natural Society, New Brunswick. 

New England Historical-Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass. 

New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, N. H. 

New Jersey Historical Society, Trenton, N. J. 

New London County Historical Society, New London, Conn. 

New York Commission Statutory Revision, Albany, N. Y. 

New York Genealogical- Biographical Society, New York. 

New York State Library, Albany, N. Y. 

Norris, Mrs. R. V., Wilkes-Barre. 

Nova Scotia Institute of Science, Halifax, N. S. 

Nichols, Hon. Francis M., Wilkes-Barre. 

Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. 

Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society, Columbus, O. 

Oliver, Gen. Paul Ambrose, Ohver's Mills, Pa. 

Oneida Historical Society, Utica, N. Y. 

Ontario Historical Society, Ontario, Canada. 

Osterhout Free Library, Wilkes-Barre. 

Parke, Rev. Nathan Grier, D. D., West Pittston, Pa. 

Paine, Miss Priscilla Lee, Wilkes-Barre. 

Pascoe, John, Wilkes-Barre. 

Passadena Academy Science, Passadena, Cal. 

Peck, Rev. J. K., Kingston, Pa. 

Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia. 

Pennsylvania German Society, Lancaster, Pa. 

Pennsylvania Society Sons of the Revolution, Philadelphia. 

Pennsylvania State College. 

Pennsylvania University, Philadelphia. 

Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia. 

Philadelphia Ledger Company, Philadelphia. 

Philadelphia Library Company, Philadelphia. 

Poland, Miss Almira, Wilkes-Barre. 

Reynolds, Col. G. Murray, Wilkes-Barre. 

Roberts, Hon. Jacob A. Jr., Wilkes-Barre. 

Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence. 



CONTRIBUTORS. 35 

Richardson, Prof. H. C, Dartmouth, N. H. 

Ropes, James Hardy, Cambridge, Mass. 

Royal Society, History and Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden. 

Ryman, Wm. Penn, Wilkes-Barre.. 

Sayres, E. S., Wilkes-Barre. 

Sharpe, Miss Elizabeth M., Wilkes-Barre. 

Sharpe, Miss Sallie, Wilkes-Barre. 

Scranton, Hon. Joseph H., Scranton, Pa. 

Scranton Public Library, Scranton, Pa. 

Scranton Republican, Scranton, Pa. 

Sellers, Edwin Jacquett, Philadelphia. 

Shoemaker, Dr. Levi Ives, Wilkes-Barre. 

Smith, E. S., Wilkes-Barre. 

Smith, Samuel R., Wilkes-Barre. 

Smyth, Hon. J. Adger, Charleston, S. C. 

St. Louis Mercantile Library, St. Louis, Mo. 

Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D. C. 

Stone, Frederick D., Philadelphia. 

Sturdevant, Miss Ellen Urquhart, Wilkes-Barre. 

Taylor, Dr. Lewis Harlow, Wilkes-Barre. 

Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. 

Thomas, Mrs. Ellen E., Wilkes-Baire. 

Tillinghast, C. B., Boston, Mass. 

Tioga Point Historical Society, Athens, Pa. 

Topsfield Historical Society, Topsfield, Mass. 

Toronto University, Toronto, Col. 

U. S. Archive Department, Washington. 

U. S, Bureau of Education, Washington. 

U. S. Bureau of American Republics, Washington. 

U. S. Bureau of Ethnology, Washington. 

U. S. Civil Service Commission, Washington. 

U. S. Fish Commission, Washington. 

U. S. Geological Survey, Washington. 

U. S. National Museum, Washington. 

U. S. Patent Office, Washington. 

U. S. State Department, Washington. 

U. S. Superintendent of Public Documents, Washington. 

U. S. Surgeon General, Washington. 

U. S. Treasury Department, Washington. 

Vineland History and Antiquities Society, Vineland, N. J. 

Warfield, President, Ethelbert, D., LL. D., Easton, Pa. 

Ward, S. C, Plymouth, Pa. 

Welles, Edward, Wilkes-Barre. 



36 CONTRIBUTORS. 

Welles, Henry Hunter, Jr., Wilkes -Barre. 
Western Reserve Historical Society, Columbus, O. 
Wilcox, William A,, Scranton, Pa. 
Williams, Hon. Morgan B., Wilkes-Barre. 
Wilkes- Barre Law Library, Wilkes-Barre. 
Wilkes-Barre Evening Leader, Wilkes-Barre. 
Wilkes-Barre Record, Wilkes-Barre. 
Wilkes-Barre Times, Wilkes-Barre. 
Wright, Hon. H. B. Estate, Wilkes-Barre. 
Wright, Hon. Jacob Ridgway, Wilkes-Barre. 
Winthrop, Robert C, Jr., Boston, Mass. 
Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wis. 
Wolff, Clarence P., Wilkes-Barre. 
Wyoming Historical Society, Wyoming. 
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn. 
Yordy, E. B., Wilkes-Barre. 



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